Corn-cutter.



N0. 692,940. v I Patented Feb. Il, |902.

E. A. STARE.

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ilNiTnD STATES ATENT Fries.

ELIAS A. STARE, OF VVAUKESHA, VISCONSIN.

CORNCUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,940, dated February1 1, 1902.

Application iiled August 17,1900. Serial No. 27,198. {No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, ELIAS ASTARE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Waukesha, in the county of Waukesha and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented a new and useful Corn- Cutter, of which the following is aspecification.

.The invention relates to improvements in cutters.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofcutters and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one designedfor operating on green corn after the same has left lthe machine forremoving' the corn-silk and capable of cutting the kernel into pieces ofuniform size, so that the contents of cans will presenta uniformappearance.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical sectional view of a corn-cutterconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is` a horizontalsectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is avertical sectional ViewonV line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a toothcutter or saw.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 1 designate series of cutters consisting of circular blades or diskshaving peripheral cutting edges and mounted on parallel shafts 2 anddesigned to operate on corn after the same has been cut from the cob andafter the corn-silk has been removed and capable of reducing the kernelsto a uniform size, so that after corn has been placed in cans it willpresenta uniform appearance as to size. The parallel shafts are journaled in suitable bearings 3 of a supporting-frame 4, and the rotarycutters, which are arranged at intervals on the shafts, are spaced apartby washers 5, and the blades overlap, the blades of one seriesprojecting into the intervals of the blades of the other series, asclearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. Any desirednumber of knives may be employed, and they may be constructed of juicefrom escaping.

any size; but they are preferably made onesixteentli of an inch thick,with spacing-washers three-sixteenths of an inch thick, so that when theknives are assembled there will be one-sixteenth of an inch betweenthem. The shafts are extended beyond one end of the frame, and they areprovided with pulleysv 6, and the rotary cutters are designed to bedriven at a high rate of speed toward each other, so that the materialwill be rapidly recut and reduced to uniform size. The knives or cuttersmay have continuous cutting edges,`as illustrated in Fig. 1 of theaccompanying drawings, or they may be provided with cutting-teeth 7, asillustrated inFig. 4 of the drawings.

The cutters are arranged within the casing 8, composed of straight ends9 and approximately scmicylindrical sides l0, conforming to theconguration of the rotary cutters and spaced therefrom, as clearly shownin Fig. l of the drawings. The casing, which is provided at its top andbottom with openings, has its upper opening communicating with afeed-chute 12 and its lower opening communicates with a discharge-chute13. .These chutes are preferably constructed of wood Yand are providedwith an innerlining` of sheet metal, such as galvanized iron or othersuitable material, and the casing, which is also preferably constructedof sheet metal, prevents the material from scattering and the The upperchute is designed to receive the corn after the same has been cut fromthe cob and afterit has passed through'a machine for removing thecornsilk, and the lower chute is designed to de- -liver the corn intosuitable receptacles after it has been recut into kernels of uniformsize.

The rotary cutters are cleaned by combs 14, located beneath the shaftsand mounted upon the bottomportions of the casing, as clearlyillustrated in Figs 1 and 3 of the drawings. The teeth of the combsextend upward Vbetween the cutters and are adapted to remove any of thematerial -adhering to the same, and such material that is scraped fromthe cutters falls into the dischargechute. The rotary cutters tapertoward their peripheral cutting edges,and the combs,which IOO extendupward at opposite sides of the lower K chute,are provided with taperingteeth, which are arranged in the tapering spaces between the cutters, asclearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings.

It will be seen that lthe machine, which is simple and comparativelyinexpensive in construction, is adapted for recutting corn into kernelsof uniform size, so that the contents of cans will present a uniformappearance, and that the material is rapidly operated on and preventedfrom clinging to the knives and interfering with the operation of thesame. It will also be apparent that the casing prevents the materialfrom scattering and retains the juice and directs the same into thedischarge-chute.

The vertical combs coperate with the upper and lower vertical chutes andprovide practically a continuous vertical chute or pas sage to cause thematerial to pass rapidly through the cutter and to prevent the saidmaterial from being carried upward by the rotary cutters.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details ofconstruction within the scope of the appended claim may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages ofthis invention.

What is claimed isi-- In a machine of the class described, thecombination of the parallel horizontal cuttershafts, the horizontalseries of rotary cutters mounted upon the shafts and having overlappingportions and being tapered from their centers to their peripheries andhaving inwardly-tapered spaces between them, the inwardly-tapered spacesof one series of cutters receiving the overlapping portions of the otherseries of cutters, the casing provided with the opposite semicylindricalportions and having the upper and lower centrally-arranged verticalchutes l2 and 13 having their end walls arranged in the same verticalplanes as the shafts, and the vertical combs arranged in the same planesas the end walls of the chutes and forming continuations of the walls ofthe lower chute and extending therefrom to points directly beneath thecutter-shaft, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ELIAS A. STARE.

Witnesses:

HARVEY J. FRAME, A. L. BLAcKsToNE.

